Penn Quaker Days
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Anonymous
They did at our DC's dual-program event with faculty and current students. Parents were not any different than another top school admitted days, seemed serious with curriculum and outcomes questions, then outside excited taking a lot of pictures. Typical parents similar to stem magnet high school, no grabbing witnessed |
Anonymous
More than other schools? I hadn’t heard that. In terms of the number of Asian students, the demographic breakdown is roughly the same everywhere. |
Anonymous
I spent many years at Penn as a student it was fantastic! Philadelphia is lots of fun! |
Anonymous
No. It is not true. PP is trying to get off the WL or discourage applicants for next year. Penn is quite collaborative |
Anonymous
The pp isn’t talking about Asian students. Penn’s “reputation” a long time ago was because it took students from another minority group less represented at some other ivies. |
Anonymous
At Quaker Days registration the student checks in and gets the swag. There was some minor "swag" at tables on locust throughout the day, some of which was PennParents gear, ie for the parents. We did not see parents taking the real swag at check-in. In reading these posts I think many were not at Quaker Days or are grossly exaggerating a few eager parents. DCUM has a weird culture of hyperbole and blatant lies. |
Anonymous
What has this got to do with Asian students? Did you ever consider that PP was talking about obnoxious clouty white folks? |
Anonymous
LOL Penn absolutely does not have the reputation for being collaborative. I am a Penn alum and my nephew just graduated last year. |
Anonymous
It was a separate comment I was replying to about the number of Asian students. Not related to perceived parental pushiness. |
Anonymous
| We attended yesterday. I thought it was a poorly organized event compared to two other admitted students events that I have seen. Just poorly organized, completely uninteresting. Quite disappointing actually. I did not pay much attention to other parents, they seemed OK. |
Anonymous
DC is there and has found it more collaborative than the friends attending a few other ivy/elites. Oftentimes "cut throat" accusations are from those scoring well below the mean who do not want to go to class, put in the work in on group psets and spend time studying. No one is sabotaging anyone. My ivy was much more cut throat than Penn. |
Anonymous
I presume you mean Jewish? It is great they did not discriminate. More recently, they did not discriminate against asians to the degree other ivies did. |
Anonymous
Columbia is a wide open door to Asians. I was on campus recently - you would think you were at Tsinghua or something. |
Anonymous
wow and just like that you proved PP's point. keep doing you, paris gellar. it seems like you only think it's collaborative because your school was more toxic and so were your DC's friend group. but that doesn't mean that penn doesn't attract judgmental, competitive people like you and/or your child. |
Anonymous
| penn is uber striverish |